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Gallery: 13 top IFTTT applets for small business

By Dan Patterson February 3, 2017, 5:13 AM PST

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Gallery: 13 top IFTTT applets for small business

IFTTT Applets for Small Business

IFTTT Applets for Small Business

Startup dreams are often tempered with the responsibility of refining the product, generating leads, invoicing clients, running email and social media campaigns, and managing team members. For many small business owners time is literally money, and tools that increase efficiency are invaluable.

The mobile and web service IFTTT–an acronym for If This Then That–can automate many time-intensive business chores. IFTTT integrates with hundreds of other networked services, from social media sites like Instagram and Twitter to hardware and IoT manufacturers like Fitbit and Philips. Developer-created “applets,” the company said in a statement, “bring services together to create new experiences,” like automatically brewing a pot of coffee when you wake up or maintaining a log of product sales.

SEE: The Power of IoT and Big Data (Tech Pro Research)

Founded in 2010, for several years IFTTT was little more than a novel way to cross-post social media links. Last year, after a pivot that put the service at the core of the IoT and smart home market, IFTTT hit an inflection point and both business and consumer users skyrocketed. The service now powers over 15 million applets and last year alone added 326,000 additional smart home devices.

IFTTT is also a great way to manage small but important business chores, like documenting customer lists, pruning spreadsheets, and managing small teams. These are 13 of the top small business services available on the platform.

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Gallery: 13 top IFTTT applets for small business

Automate Slack reminders

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Automate Slack reminders

Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/177138p-automatically-post-a-daily-reminder-to-a-slack-channel

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Gallery: 13 top IFTTT applets for small business

Add new iOS contacts to Google services

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Add new iOS contacts to Google services

Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/B4JhAcr6-automatically-add-new-ios-contacts-to-your-google-services

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Gallery: 13 top IFTTT applets for small business

Add Evernote notes to a Trello board

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Add Evernote notes to a Trello board

Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/337273p-add-notes-from-evernote-to-a-trello-board

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Gallery: 13 top IFTTT applets for small business

Save Gmail attachments to Google Drive

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Save Gmail attachments to Google Drive

Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/99068p-automatically-save-new-email-attachments-in-gmail-to-google-drive

Image: IFTTT
Gallery: 13 top IFTTT applets for small business

Save starred Gmail email to Evernote

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Save starred Gmail email to Evernote

Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/73746p-automatically-sync-starred-emails-in-gmail-to-evernote

Image: IFTTT
Gallery: 13 top IFTTT applets for small business

Update Google Calendar with MailChimp campaign details

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Update Google Calendar with MailChimp campaign details

Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/429255p-add-scheduled-mailchimp-campaigns-to-google-calendar

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Gallery: 13 top IFTTT applets for small business

Save MailChimp newsletter stats to spreadsheet

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Save MailChimp newsletter stats to spreadsheet

Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/429258p-save-your-mailchimp-campaign-stats-to-a-google-spreadsheet

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Gallery: 13 top IFTTT applets for small business

Get notified when a new subscriber is added to a MailChimp list

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Get notified when a new subscriber is added to a MailChimp list

Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/429263p-receive-a-notification-when-a-new-subscriber-is-added-to-your-mailchimp-list

Image: IFTTT
Gallery: 13 top IFTTT applets for small business

Save MailChimp newsletter subscribers to SurveyMonkey

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Save MailChimp newsletter subscribers to SurveyMonkey

Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/440521p-save-new-mailchimp-subscribers-to-a-surveymonkey-list

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Gallery: 13 top IFTTT applets for small business

Get an email digest of New York Times business headlines

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Get an email digest of New York Times business headlines

Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/197665p-get-an-email-digest-of-the-week-s-most-popular-business-day-articles-from-the-new-york-times

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Gallery: 13 top IFTTT applets for small business

Add Square transactions to a Google spreadsheet

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Add Square transactions to a Google spreadsheet

Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/190592p-add-new-square-payments-to-a-spreadsheet

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Gallery: 13 top IFTTT applets for small business

Schedule recurring Trello cards

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Schedule recurring Trello cards

Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/299813p-schedule-daily-or-weekly-recurring-trello-cards

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Gallery: 13 top IFTTT applets for small business

Save work hours in Google Calendar

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Save work hours in Google Calendar

Applet URL: https://ifttt.com/applets/133380p-track-your-work-hours-in-google-calendar

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